The Canucks made their first significant playoff impact in the 1982 playoffs. To fill the Canucks' roster for their inaugural season, the league held an Expansion Draft in the preceding summer. [35] Led by Linden and in large part to Quinn's dealings, the Canucks rose to prominence in the early 1990s. [111] The Canucks played the Los Angeles Kings, their first opponent in their inaugural season in 1970; both teams wore their original uniforms used in the Canucks' inaugural game. [99] During the ensuing season, the Canucks retired their second jersey number in team history, hanging Linden's number 16 beside Smyl's number 12 in a pre-game ceremony on December 17, 2008. On May 21, 2014, Jim Benning was announced as general manager, having previously served as assistant general manager of the 2011 Boston Bruins championship team that had beaten the Canucks three years prior. Suffering numerous injuries to players in the 200708 season, the Canucks struggled and finished three points out of a playoff spot. The team has gone through four primary logos and six major uniform designs over the years, with numerous minor changes to each, in addition to several alternate logos and jerseys. At the time, General Manager Pat Quinn discussed wanting to have a West Coast colour scheme, and overall West Coast themes in the logo; the colour scheme included blue, red and silver. 4 & 28 Luc Bourdon", "NHL retired jerseys: Teemu Selanne leads Pacific Division locks", "Rule 6 Captain and Alternate Captains", "Canucks name goaltender Luongo as team captain", "Luongo sports captain's 'C' on goalie mask", "Comet Tales: Virtanen's Unexpected Debut Utica Comets Official Website]publisher=Utica Comets", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vancouver_Canucks&oldid=1099273416, National Hockey League teams based in Canada, Articles with dead external links from March 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from June 2016, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2013, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2011, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2011, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2021, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2017, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. [117], The Canucks participated in their first outdoor NHL game on March 2, 2014, a match against the Ottawa Senators at BC Place. [154], After a relationship with CKNW stretching since the Canucks joined the NHL in 1970, the Canucks entered into a new radio broadcast deal in 2006 with CKST an AM sports/talk station. Brendan Batchelor and Corey Hirsch currently call Canucks games on radio. As the team fared poorly throughout the 201617 season, more veteran players were traded: Alex Burrows and Jannik Hansen were dealt in an effort to rebuild. Pettersson broke the Canucks' record for points by a rookie, set by Ivan Hlinka (198182) and matched by Pavel Bure (199192), and finished with 66 points to lead all NHL rookies, winning the Calder Trophy.[136][137]. [68] During the campaign, Mogilny was traded to the New Jersey Devils for forwards Denis Pederson and Brendan Morrison. [153] In November 2014, the Green Men announced that 201415 would be their final season. Most assists in a career: Henrik Sedin, 830 (20002018), Most points in a career: Henrik Sedin, 1,070 (20002018), Most assists in a season: Henrik Sedin, 83 (, Most points in a season: Henrik Sedin, 112 (. John Shorthouse continues to call the play-by-play, as he has since 1999, though with his role on the Canucks' television broadcasts becoming more prominent in recent years. He also faced legal action in British Columbia court, while Moore filed lawsuits against him and the Canucks organization in Colorado and Ontario courts. [102] In the 2009 playoffs, the Canucks swept their first round series against the St. Louis Blues (the first four-game sweep in franchise history),[103] but were defeated in six games by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round. [90] The Canucks opened the 2007 playoffs with a quadruple-overtime win against the Dallas Stars. In January 2005, Gaglardi and Beedie filed a lawsuit against Aquilini and Orca Bay, alleging that Aquilini and Orca Bay had acted in bad faith in concluding a deal using information obtained from their joint offer. [105] The schedule was a result of Vancouver hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics, which shut down the NHL for two weeks, facilitating General Motors Place's use for ice hockey during the games. [144] The arena is owned and operated by Canucks Sports & Entertainment. (Naslund and Morrison would leave the team two years later.) [citation needed] Advancing to the second round, the team was defeated in five games by the Anaheim Ducks, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that year. [88], With widespread changes to team personnel in 200607, the Canucks won the Northwest Division title for the second time in three seasons. [19] Their elimination from the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs in Game 4 of the second round marked the Canucks' last game played at the Pacific Coliseum,[18][47] as the team moved into the new General Motors Place (since renamed Rogers Arena), a new $160million arena situated in Downtown Vancouver, the following season. [80] Due to the NHL lockout, the 200405 season was not played. ", "Mark Messier here to take your questions", "Ducks, Canucks Warm Up Japan for Five-Ring Circus", "Spots of The Times; Here's How A Captain Operates", "Linden outlasts 'darkest time' trade from Canucks", "Hockey; Canucks Dismiss Keenan and Bring In Crawford", "Plus: Hockey Vancouver; Burke Rejoins Canucks as G.M. [18], Following Milford's tenure as general manager from 1977 to 1982, the position was held by Harry Neale for three years, then Jack Gordon for two. The Millionaires played for the Stanley Cup five times, winning over the Ottawa Senators in 1915 on home ice. [54] Despite strong performances from Mogilny and team-leading point-scorer Martin Gelinas in Bure and Linden's absence (both of whom were injured for long periods of time during the season),[19] the Canucks missed the playoffs for the first of four consecutive seasons that year. Among the several Canucks players named to their respective national teams, centre Ryan Kesler of the United States and goaltender Roberto Luongo of Canada played against each other in the gold medal game; Luongo and Team Canada emerged with the win. [citation needed] The Vancouver Sun described the new look as "decidedly unpopular. The modernized "Stick-in-Rink" logo unveiled the previous year on the shoulder of the main jerseys is used as the main crest. The Canucks became the first team to have a top two Calder Trophy finalist three years in a row since the Toronto Maple Leafs, who did so when the league only had six teams from 1957 to 1959. [70] Over the next three years, Naslund ranked in the top five among league scorers and was a Lester B. Pearson Award winner and Hart Memorial Trophy finalist in 2003. [19] Prior to the lock-out shortened 199495 season, Quinn stepped down as head coach to focus on his managerial duties and was replaced by Rick Ley;[46] Vancouver finished with a .500 record that year. [18][19] The season also marked the arrival of another future Canucks superstar, as Markus Naslund was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Alek Stojanov. In addition to Quinn's trades, the team improved through the draft route with two selections, in particular. [93] Following the playoffs, Head Coach Vigneault received the Jack Adams Award.[89]. Tallon played three seasons with the club before being traded away to the Chicago Black Hawks. During the 2010 Olympics, it was the venue for figure skating and short track speed skating. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, and play their home games at Rogers Arena. [81], Upon the resolution of the labour dispute between NHL players and owners, new gameplay rules were set in place for the 200506 season that were intended to benefit skilled players and generate more goal-scoring. The team finished the season first overall in the league for the first time, winning the Presidents' Trophy. Five former players have been inducted, and six builders (executives, general managers, head coaches, and owners). The Canucks made another significant move in the off-season by acquiring high-scoring Russian forward Alexander Mogilny from the Buffalo Sabres, reuniting Bure with his former CSKA Moscow and national team linemate. [citation needed] Additionally, along with the Montreal Canadiens, Smythe purportedly did not wish to split Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) hockey revenues three ways rather than two. For example: decreased tolerance for impeding a player as he is skating, four-foot increase length-wise in the offensive zones, abolishment of the two-line pass rule (i.e.

In 1972, hints of impropriety were circulating about Scallen. Most games played in a career, goaltender: Most shutouts in a career: Roberto Luongo, 38 (20062014), Most wins in a season: Roberto Luongo, 47 (, This page was last edited on 19 July 2022, at 22:31. [94] The final game of the season, a 71 loss to the Calgary Flames, marked Trevor Linden's last NHL game, as the former Canucks' all-time leading scorer retired. For the rest of the season, the players wore decals on their helmets saying "37 RYP." "[146], On November 14, 2008, prior to their Sport Celebrities Festival, the Canucks released their new RBK Edge Third Jersey. passing the puck from the defending zone to the opposing side of centre) and a decrease in goaltending equipment size. [63] Meanwhile, Pavel Bure, unhappy in Vancouver, had withheld himself from the team and requested a trade at the beginning of the campaign. [152] He is often seen banging a First Nations drum or skating around during intermissions firing t-shirts out of a compressed air cannon. Prior to the sale, Aquilini and two business partners, Tom Gaglardi and Ryan Beedie, had negotiated with Orca Bay for several months without concluding an agreement. The logo consisted of the word "Canucks" in a diagonal slant as part the blade of a skate and was designed by San Francisco graphic artist Mike Bull. Harry Neale served the most terms as head coach of the Canucks with three while Pat Quinn served two. [155] The games aired on 14 stations across British Columbia. Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game. From 1926 to 1970, Vancouver was home to only minor league teams. Amidst a run for the team's first Northwest Division title the following season, the Canucks received significant media attention for their involvement in a violent on-ice attack during a game against the Avalanche. An apparent deal was in place to move the team to Vancouver, but the NHL did not want to see one of their franchises from the expansion of 1967 move so quickly and vetoed the deal. With Bure gone and Messier in the last year of his contract, several previously under-achieving players began developing into key contributors for the team, most notably Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi. The Canucks have retired six players' jerseys in their historyPavel Bure (10), Stan Smyl (12), Trevor Linden (16), Markus Naslund (19), Daniel Sedin (22) and Henrik Sedin (33); all but Bure and Daniel Sedin have served as team captain. [156] Since 2014, Sportsnet also held the NHL national TV rights in Canada, allowing Canucks broadcasts (including the now sublicensed Hockey Night in Canada from CBC) to be televised nationally on a number of occasions.[160][161][162][163]. Unable to agree on a new CBA, the NHL enacted a lock-out on September 15, 2012.

At the end of the season, Smyl retired as the team's all-time leader in games played, goals, assists and points. [71][72] During this span, Burke made a trade with the Washington Capitals to facilitate the return of Trevor Linden. [19] Making their debut in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Canucks lost the opening series of the 1975 playoffs in five games to the Montreal Canadiens. For the former team that played in the WHL, see, "Canucks" and "Nucks" redirect here. Keenan's hiring reportedly exacerbated tensions between groups of Canucks players and his negative relationship with Linden was given ample media attention. In the 1996 off-season, Quinn hired Tom Renney whose tenure as the team's head coach lasted less than two seasons. [21] The Canucks posted a second consecutive winning record and made the playoffs in 197576, but lost to the New York Islanders in a two-game preliminary series. Despite an injury late in the season, Boeser's 29 goals and 55 points in 62 games were enough to place him second in Calder Memorial Trophy voting for rookie of the year. On November 8, 2006, Aquilini, along with his brothers Roberto and Paolo, purchased the remaining 50% of the Vancouver Canucks and Rogers Arena from McCaw. Bill LaForge, who coached the start of the 1984 season, has the fewest points with the Canucks, with 10. They have won the Presidents' Trophy in back-to-back seasons as the team with the league's best regular-season record in the 201011 and 201112 seasons. The team's first NHL jerseys, worn from the inaugural season of 197071 (modified for the 197273 season) until the end of the 197778 season, featured a hockey stick in the shape of a shallow "V" superimposed on a blue rink-shaped rectangle forming the letter "C", designed by North Vancouver artist Joe Borovich. 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Less than a year later, the Oakland Seals were in financial difficulty and having trouble drawing fans. The current head coach is Bruce Boudreau. [123] The team underwent a series of changes under the new management: veteran forward Ryan Kesler was traded to the Anaheim Ducks, and defenceman Jason Garrison was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning,[124][125] while Ryan Miller and Radim Vrbata were signed as free agents. [176][177] Swedish winger Markus Naslund, who captained for seven seasons, was the first non-Canadian to have captained the Canucks. The new incarnation was worn from 1989 to 1992, when a subtle change was made and went largely unnoticed for the rest of the jersey's lifespan. Roger Neilson and Pat Quinn are the only Hockey Hall of Fame inductees to coach the Canucks. All but Nslund were on one of the three Stanley Cup Finals rosters. [97] Also in the off-season, on May 29, 2008, the Canucks lost defensive prospect Luc Bourdon to a fatal motorcycle crash near his hometown of Shippagan, New Brunswick. [114][115] The Canucks wore Vancouver Millionaires replica jerseys on March 16, 2013, to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Millionaires. While staying with the colours of Vancouver, and combining the old with the new, the jersey looks very similar to their home jersey. After the Canucks finished the 199798 season last in the Western Conference,[64] former NHL Vice-president Brian Burke was named general manager in the summer. [7] The arena was later destroyed in a fire in 1936. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Vancouver Canucks seasons.

Bo Horvat was named the 14th captain in team history,[138] following a one-year hiatus without a captain with the retirement of long-time captain Henrik Sedin. In his place, the Canucks implemented a rotating captaincy of Linden, Dan Quinn and Doug Lidster; of the three, Linden retained the captaincy thereafter, becoming the youngest permanent captain in team history at 21 years of age.